Excerpt from Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Vol. 27: With Lithographic Plates and Engravings on Wood
In a previous paper (4), I have described the anatomy of a solitary Imperforate coral, Flabellum; and of a branching Perforate, Rhodopsammia. The present memoir treats of two examples of colonial Perforate forms, Madrepora Durvillei and M. aspera.
Madrepora Durvillei (Milne-Edw. and Haime).
Two fragments of this perforate Madreporarian were kindly entrusted to me for study by Professor H. N. Moseley, who had obtained them during the voyage of H. M. S. "Challenger."
The species was founded by Milne-Edwards (1) from a part of the M. rosea of Esper, but as his account is very incomplete, Mr. J. J. Quelch, of the British Museum, has furnished the following description of the coral. I am glad to be able to take occasion to thank him for this and many other courtesies.
A. "Corallum arborescent, spreading, and remotely ramose, or occasionally sub-prostrate, and almost destitute of branches on the under surface. Branches often nearly 2 cm. thick, becoming very thin towards their extremity, subterete, elongated, covered irregularly with crowded capillary polyp-bearing branchlets, which generally give to the branches a sub-cylindrical outline of about 3-5 mm. in diameter.
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